If something is disagreeable, it's unpleasant, like the disagreeable smell of your wet sneakers. And if a person is disagreeable, they're rude or irritable, like your disagreeable upstairs neighbor.

What is a synonym for the word disagreeable?

unpleasant, obnoxious, rude, distressing, distasteful, unpalatable, objectionable, repulsive, unsavory, annoying, bellicose, brusque, cantankerous, churlish, contentious, contrary, cross, difficult, disobliging, disputatious.

What does it mean when someone is disagreeable?

1 : causing discomfort : unpleasant, offensive a disagreeable odor. 2 : marked by ill temper : peevish a disagreeable person.